| Intimate Relationships and How to Improve Them: Integrating Theoretical Models with Preventive and Psychotherapeutic Applications Contributor(s): L'Abate, Luciano (Author), Degiacomo, Piero (Author) |
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ISBN: 1567506763 ISBN-13: 9781567506761 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2003 Annotation: This volume intergrates one contextual, developmental, and relational theory of personality socialization in the family and other settings with a complementary model of relational styles. Both the theory and the model share complementary characteristics of replicable operations in laboratory evaluation and in preventative and psychotherapeutic interventions in problems with intimate relationships. Further, both the theory and the model are linked to two major models of personality and intimate relationships, the circumplex and attachment, respectively. The theory's 15 models are derived from a variety of social psychological sources, including the social comparison model and resource exchange theory in social psychology. The complementary model, Elementary Pragmatic, owes its origins to communication and systems theories, going beyond them in specificity and applications. Scholars and researchers looking for novel and original ideas demonstrating how to link theory with practice and evaluation with interventions will find this volume of interest. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General - Psychology | Clinical Psychology - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| LCCN: 2002190812 |
| Series: Developments in Clinical Psychology |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 6.6" W x 9.42" (1.93 lbs) 456 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume intergrates one contextual, developmental, and relational theory of personality socialization in the family and other settings with a complementary model of relational styles. Both the theory and the model share complementary characteristics of replicable operations in laboratory evaluation and in preventative and psychotherapeutic interventions in problems with intimate relationships. Further, both the theory and the model are linked to two major models of personality and intimate relationships, the circumplex and attachment, respectively. The theory's 15 models are derived from a variety of social psychological sources, including the social comparison model and resource exchange theory in social psychology. The complementary model, Elementary Pragmatic, owes its origins to communication and systems theories, going beyond them in specificity and applications. Scholars and researchers looking for novel and original ideas demonstrating how to link theory with practice and evaluation with interventions will find this volume of interest. |